Where did my site go in the SERP's? Can someone help me please?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by mcdwgbiz, May 20, 2009.

  1. #1
    My blog has been up for about two months now, I was able to find in the SERP's deep into the search results which I don't mind since I know it is a gradual process. According to Google webmasters it was doing somewhat well for some search results but now I can't find it when I do those searches. I can still find it under site: domain search but I don't know where it is now under a regular search with some of the keywords it s listing.

    Here's a snapshot from Google, so I'm confused, can someone help me.

    Thank you
     
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  2. Canonical

    Canonical Well-Known Member

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    #2
    I don't think your link to "Here's a snapshot from Google" is going to work. It's referencing "C:\Documents and Settings\ruben.rivera1\Desktop\searchresults1.mht" which none of us have on our harddrive... You'll need to place that document on a webserver that we can get to and link to it with a web-based URL, not a local URL.

    BTW... You're posts look VERY spammy... It's quite obvious that you're bolding EVERY occurence of the keywords that a particular post is trying to rank for which makes it obvious you're ONLY doing this for SEO purposes. Using bolding does help SEO a tiny, tiny bit... but doing it EVERY time a keyword occurs in the post is only going to attract attention from your competitors, get you reported for spam, and potentially get your URLs penalized.

    I never bold text within paragraphs for this very reason. But if you're going to do it I suggest doing it in extreme moderation... I think you've gone a bit overboard. But it's just my opinion.
     
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    ~kev~ Well-Known Member

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    #3
    At 2 months old, its normal for your site to disappear, maybe even for weeks at a time. Its kinda like a tom cat. It may disappear for a few weeks, but it will be back.

    When a site is new, any sudden changes to anything could make google knock your site WAY back in the results pages. Playing around with my own sites, anything like adding 100+ backlinks over night, changing the meta description, or the title could make the site disappear into the results pages.

    Do not expect a steady ranking until your site is at least 6 months old. And then, do not expect a real steady ranking until its 8 - 12 months old. I have seen sites at 6 - 8 months old just disappear over night, when it had been ranking well for several weeks.
     
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  4. mcdwgbiz

    mcdwgbiz Well-Known Member

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    Thanks I will reduce the bold tags on it. I read about people doing so I thought I'd give it a try.

    I have no clue how to post the actual image from Google here so here's a copied text from it.

    Thanks again

    Impressions
    The top 20 queries in which your site appeared, and the percentage of the top 20 queries represented by each search. Traffic
    The top 20 queries from which users reached your site, and the percentage of the top 20 queries represented by each click.
    Top search queries

    # % Query Position
    1 34% fx currency 16
    2 21% fxcurrency 8
    3 7% practice account charts 8
    4 7% "fx currency trading" 90
    5 5% practice account with charts 7
    6 5% currency trading news 22
    7 3% "fx currency" 9
    8 2% stocks trading mc 1
    9 2% "www yahoo forex" "biz com" 4
    10 2% fx curency 8
    11 2% fx currecny 9
    12 2% trading "place dwg" 9
    13 2% fx 10
    14 2% currency 12
    15 2% reasons for using an fx payment broker 178
     
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  5. mcdwgbiz

    mcdwgbiz Well-Known Member

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    That makes sense, Well back to work then.
     
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    vansterdam Notable Member

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    Yes it is normal for rankings to fluctuate on a new site. I agree with canonical's comments about the keyword bolding looking spammy. Your blog as a whole could look a lot better. You should consider upgrading the theme to look more professional. If your site somehow triggers a manual review, you don't want to give those people any reason to not like your site. Google rankings rely on trust a lot now. So you need to make your site as clean as possible with nothing spammy.
     
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  7. mcdwgbiz

    mcdwgbiz Well-Known Member

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    Just changed theme, what do you think of the new one?

    thanks

    Ruben
     
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    vansterdam Notable Member

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    The new theme is definitely an improvement, but you still need to work on balancing out the layout or show more posts on the homepage. Maybe drop some of the modules on the right, especially one of the duplicate categories modules. Also you don't currently have a website title.
     
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  9. mcdwgbiz

    mcdwgbiz Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for taking the time to look at it. I only had a few minutes to change the theme and work on the code so I will definitely work on it tonight.

    Thanks I appreciate your help.
     
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